Biodiversity of Lianas (eBook)

ForwardPrefaceGeneral Introduction              N Parthasarathy & P VivekPatterns of liana abundance and distribution in temperate forests Bruce P Allen Geographical, taxonomical and ecological aspects of lianas in subtropical forests of ArgentinaAgustina Malizia & Paula CampanelloLiana effects on carbon storage and uptake in mature and secondary tropical forests              Sandra M Duran & G.A. Sánchez-Azofeifa5.       Diversity and distribution of climbing plants in Eurasia and North Africa             Liang Hu & Li Mingguang6.      Liana assemblages in tropical forests of Africa and South East Asia: diversity, abundance and management            Patrick Addo-Fordjour & Zakaria B. Rahmad7.      Diversity of lianas in Eastern Himalayas and North-Eastern India       SK Barik, D Adhikari, A Chettri & PP SinghBiodiversity of lianas and their functional traits in tropical forests of peninsular India             N Parthasarathy, P Vivek, C Muthumperumal, S Muthuramkumar & N AyyappanThe contribution of lianas to forest ecology, diversity, and dynamics Stefan A SchnitzerLiana diversity and their ecosystem services in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel Coast of India             N Parthasarathy, P Vivek & K Anil11.  A review of biotechnological approaches to conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal lianas in IndiaShaily Goyal, Varsha Sharma & K G RamawatBiological invasion of vines, their impacts and management             S M Sundarapandian, C Muthumperumal & K. SubashreeLiana diversity and the future of tropical forests  Mason Campbell, Ainhoa Magrach & Bill Laurance